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11 AUG 2017 -- The 2017 CONFEDERATE STAMP
ALLIANCE
Convention was held 3 - 6 AUG 2017 in Richmond, Virginia in conjunction
with the APS StampShow 2017. The 72nd Southern Supper was
held Friday 4 AUG 2017 at the prestigious Commonwealth Club with 88 members and guests in
attendance
and with President Deane R. Briggs MD presiding. Thanks go to
the
convention hosts, Peter and Ethyl Powell and Rick Calhoun for the superb
effort
in
planning and coordinating the convention.
The following awards
were
presented:
- The CSA Trophy was
presented to Leonard H. Hartmann.
- The Haydn-Myer
Award for Service was presented to John L. Kimbrough MD
for his efforts in writing and coordinating the 2016 membership
survey..
- The August Dietz
Award was presented to Francis J. Crown Jr for his book Uniontown, Alabama, Postmaster's Provisionals.
- The
CP Writer's Award was presented to Patricia A. Kaufmann for her article
"Confederate Mail Runner and Spy Lottie Moon Clark and a New Look at
the Undelivered Camp Chase Letters" in the Fourth Quarter 2016 issue of
the CP. A second CP Writer's Award was presented to Kevin P. Andersen
for his article "Demystifying the Stone Y Flaw" in the Third Quarter
2016 issue of the CP.
CSA Members exhibiting Confederate material
at the convention received the following
awards:
- "Confederate Use of Patriotic
Covers Etc, During the Civil War (1861-1865)" -- John H. Walker -- CSA
Trustees Research Trophy, APS Large Vermeil Medal.
- "De La Rue Issues for the Confederate
States of America" -- Leonard H. Hartmann -- CSA Trophy, APS Large Vermeil Medal.
- "Confederate Mails on the Rails" -- Louis Hannon
-- CSA General's Award, APS Large Vermeil Medal.
- "Independent State and Confederate Mail of West Virginia 1861-1865" -- Wayne Farley -- William G. Bogg Memorial Award, APS Large Vermeil Medal.
- "Confederate
States 2 Cent Rates and Fees: Civil War Postal Challenges" (one frame)
-- Clifford Alexander -- CSA Robert A. Siegel Memorial Award, APS Gold
Medal.
- "US Post Office Operations
in the Seceded States" (one frame) -- Jerry Wells -- CSA Conrad L. Bush
Memorial Award, APS Large Vermeil.
- "Rally "Round the Flag" -- Randolph Smith -- CSA John W. Kaufmann Memorial Award, APS Large Vermeil.
- "Telegraphy on the Civil War" -- George J. Kramer -- CSA President's Trophy, APS Vermeil Medal.
- "Confederate Advertising Covers" -- Larry Baum -- CSA General's Award, APS Large Vermeil Medal.
Our thanks to Tom Lera, Rick Calhoun, and Alex Hall for judging the Confederate exhibits for the CSA awards. Philatelic Literature Exhibits from Confederate Stamp Alliance Members: - The Springfield Facsimiles Of Confederate Postage Stamps -- Steven M. Roth, Francis J. Crown Jr, Patricia A. Kaufmann -- APS Large Vermeil Medal.
- North Carolina Postal Historian -- Tony Crumbley and Richard Winter -- APS Large Vermeil. Medal
- Florida Postal History Journal -- Deane R. Briggs MD -- APS Vermeil Medal.
At
the APS Writer's Unit Breakfast on 6 AUG 2017, Patricia A. Kaufmann was inducted into the APS Writer's Unit Hall of Fame. Presentations given by CSA members -- - "The Role of Patriotic Envelopes in Creating Confederate Unity" -- Randy Smith.
- "Adams Express in Washington DC and Virginia and the Civil War" -- Clifford Alexander.
- "Advertising Covers of Richmond, Virginia Through the Civil War" -- Larry Baum.
- "West Virginia in the Civil War" -- Wayne Farley
- The De La Rue Stamps of the Confederate States of America" -- Leonard Hartmann.
- "Antebellum Virginia, the 1851-1861 Period -- Gene Lightfoot.
CSA Generals in
Attendance at the Southern Supper -- Gen Frank Crown,
Gen Jerry Palazolo, Gen Trish Kaufmann, Gen John Kimbrough, Gen Tony Crumbley, Gen Peter Powell, Gen James Monroe, Gen Rick Calhoun, and newly elevated Gen Larry Baum. At
the Southern Supper, Leonard Hartmann announced the recent discovery of
the 4th pane of 100 of the 10c Altered Plate Printing Plate that had
been missing for many decades. The printing plate section was found
accidentally in New Mexico in the effects of a relative who had passed
away recently. How the plate came into this family's possession and
where it had been for all these years is a complete mystery. The owners
of the plate were guests at the dinner and had the plate with them
for all to see. The 100 subject printing plate is in excellent
condition and appears that no stamps were ever printed from it.
The
Annual General
Membership Business Meeting was held Saturday 5 AUG 2017 with President Deane R.
Briggs MD presiding. The Alliance is strong
financially. Sites
of
future
meetings and conventions were announced with details to follow as they
become available. The full report of the General Membership Meeting
will appear in the next issue of The Confederate Philatelist in
accordance with the By-Laws.
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